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Rachael Williams

Rachael Williams is a corporate associate in the Dallas office of Haynes and Boone. Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, and capital markets and securities.

Professional and Community Activities

  • Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program

Selected Publications and Speeches

  • “Current Trends in Indemnification Provisions in Acquisition Agreements,” co-author, The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation, Vol. 53 No. 7, April 15, 2020.
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  • Represented Engage2learn, a provider of professional development coaching and technology tools serving districts in the public K-12 market, in its sale of equity (recapitalization) to Leeds Equity Partners, a New York-based private equity firm.
  • Represented WatchGuard Video, a nationwide leader in the production and distribution of police video systems, including in-car video systems and body-worn cameras for public safety systems, in its sale to Motorola Solutions.
  • Represented a preeminent non-profit entity in a merger with a leading philanthropic organization.
  • Represented a leading manufacturer of consumer packaged goods in a purchase of bleach products and related inventory.
  • Represented prominent fund in its investment into leading credit card processing company.
  • Represented a leading manufacturer of precision investment castings in the sale of its stock.
  • Represented Ericsson Inc. in its acquisition of Placecast, a leading enterprise-grade platform for data management and display advertising based out of California.

Education

B.A., Harvard University, 2014, cum laude

J.D., Stanford Law School, 2017

Admissions

Texas

Press Release
Haynes Boone Advises Drug Free Sport International in Successful Sale
February 12, 2024

Haynes and Boone, LLP, successfully advised Drug Free Sport International (“DFSI”), a portfolio company of Valesco Industries, in its sale to CPC, LLC. Valesco bought a controlling interest in DFSI in January 2017 and later merged the company with International Doping Tests & Management (IDTM), based in Stockholm, Sweden, in September 2018. During Valesco's ownership, DFSI and IDTM achieved signi [...]